Well let’s see if it is worth it or if I go back to debian.
the NixOS btw is spreading
Please no. It’s embarrassing, annoying, and cringe-worthy to see Arch users do it, even worse when uses for other distros.
cringe-worthy
Says the person who is licensing their Lemmy comments.
Oh snap, you got me there! What a zinger.
Welcome to the fold!
If you get a chance check out guix as well.
I just took my first dip into it recently, and so far I’m really liking it. Doing almost everything from a single config file is awesome. I’ve had to google a lot of solutions, but every time, the answer was “add this line to your config file and rebuild.” That’s it.
I like the idea. And since I am breaking my system on a regular basis I love the possibility to go back or not break it in the first place. However I noticed some issues.
Iscsi isn’t working since the program can’t change specific files. Vlc settings can’t be changed and sth is wrong with the default ones.
Nixos makes things write only that shouldn’t be or there’s missing an option to make a new version by changing the file.
The moire… my eyes!
When a grid’s misaligned
with another behind, that’s…
a moire.When the moon hits your knees
And you mispronounce trees… Sicamore.I sung it in the dunny. Thank you
When the spacing is tight
and the difference is slight, that’s a moire!When an eel opens wide and there’s more teeth behind… that’s a Moray!
NixOS vs Mint anyone?
One’s the worst idea to suggest to a beginner, the other is not so bad. Mix them up and you’ve got the best of both worlds.
Nix, Debian, and Arch ftw
I read that in HK-47’s voice.
he seems to have mellowed.
I 💜 NixOS
I love NixOS! Been using it on all my devices since January and probably never going back :)
It all sinply just works™! Don’t worry about configuration :) As long as you’re not using relatively obscure software, you’ll be more than fine reading the docs/manual :)
If you still want to use obsure stuff though, the community on matrix is very active and helpful! Plus most (interesting) projects have at least one or two very dedicated Nix fanatics (/maintainers) willing to help others :D
It all sinply just works™! Don’t worry about configuration :)
And how goes your gpu acceleration?
I didn’t know they upgraded from the user having to accidentally find out that they need nixgl, which isn’t even in nixpkgs, and then dig through open issues to find a solution that might enable them to automatically start programs with it.
As long as you’re not using relatively obscure software, you’ll be more than fine reading the docs/manual :)
Are alacritty and kitty obscure or have a manual entry? I couldn’t get either of them running.
And as for the manual itself, it’s so trash that the only instructions for declarative package management use nix-env and aren’t actually declarative.
GPU acceleration
All the needed AMD stuff is pretty well documented in the manual. I’m gaming on NixOS with even my “relatively old” AMD GPU.
nixgl
The only time I heard about needing that was when using plain “nix” (not NixOS), as in using Nix under any other OS, to run graphical applications. I haven’t touched nixgl at all, and don’t see the need for it.
alacritty and kitty
Literally my terminals (kitty is my main) + foot. Both working easily either under main NixOS config or Home-Manager. What’s supposed to not be working there?
Literally don’t know what your problems are/where they lie. I’m a Linux noob (don’t even have the patience for Arch Wiki + install), coming from Pop_OS to NixOS and I’m happy it’s all so easy. I’ve installed it on my main PC and two separate laptops and so happy to just share (basically) the same config on all of them.
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Have you used it with Debian? Much better that way IMO
Gonna try that next. Probably. Nixos isn’t really working if I don’t know how to do stuff.
For example I can’t change settings in vlc because it is read only.
It’s a whole different story when it’s just a package manager and not a distro. I made this comment to help people get started.
I’d only use nixos if there was a specific reason. Otherwise it’s too much trouble for practically no benefits.
The benefit would be: changing stuff doesn’t break it. And if it does you can easily roll back. Keeping the config file sets up a new installation like the old one without trouble. Somehow I don’t think you really need it if you aren’t distro hopping but I need it way too much.
Currently the trade offs are too big I think. Programs don’t work because of the atomic behaviour.
And the learning curve is steep even for Linux veterans.
You don’t need nixos for that. The only thing you lose is rolling back system configuration, unless you use system-manager.
Unless you’re doing scientific computing, or being a sysadmin for a company, you don’t actually need nixos. It’s at that scale that system reproducibility becomes important enough to offset the downsides. For everyone else, home-manager and a list of packages are more than enough.
The learning curve is not that bad, it’s just that the resources are a pile of burning garbage.
Also, idk what you’re doing with VLC, but ~/.config should still work AFAIK.
